More CWY Photos

The Malians would make these little shot-glasses of really strong tea and pass them around. It was the very most common premise for a social occasion. I did not take this photo.



Little baby goat.



It took me forever to get a picture of one of these Guinea hens.



The Malian men were afraid of cooking, but Ousmane overcame his fears while in Quebec.



Abdulaye's showing his skill on the soccer field. There were daily soccer games. It was one of the two most necessary recreational skills, alongside dancing. I didn't take this photo.

Living Quarters and First Billet Hosts

My first host family in Quebec.



The room I shared with my counterpart in Mali.



My second Quebec host family's house.



My first Quebec host family's house.

Quebec

Quebec City.



My awesome second host family in Quebec.



In Quebec, I was a fleuralculturalist. This is an example of my work.



La Hotel de Ville. Sometimes we held our Educational Activity Days here, and my work placement had us here for work or at break quite a bit.



The Cegep. A cegep is something inbetween highschool and University, only found in Quebec. If not at the Hotel de Ville, this is where we would have our weekly Educational Activity Day.

Africa 2

A partially-tilled field.



Some palm trees at the Maison des Jeunes, the youth hostel where we stayed in Bamako. I didn't really see these anywhere else, so I wondered if they were decorative, but the Maison de Jeunes... Let's just say it didn't seem to be targeting tourists.



We got to tour the countryside a bit when we were in Bamako for the mid-phase camp. Nobody told us what we were going to be doing, so I wound up climbing mountains in flip-flops, with one bottle of water, which ran down partway through. I remember complaining, "This isn't just stupid... It's dangerous". Some lovely hills, regardless.

Africa 1

Julia and Scott are leading a donkey cart full of sand, which we will mix with another type of soil to create planting soil.



The group, tilling rows of earth to create a garden for the village women. This was by far our longest work project.



My host family in Mali. I may have been the only Canadian to remember everyone in their host family's name.



Me and Dinding.



Back in Canada, rocking the Malian look.

The Suited Me

The Bearded Me